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BBBS expands support for area high school students

For more than 60 years, BBBS WI Shoreline has connected local children with caring adult mentors, building relationships that shape lives and strengthen communities. Today, the organization serves more than 300 youth each year, but the need continues to grow, with about 200 children currently on the waiting list.

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Denise Wittstock Denise Wittstock

Mentorship: The Investment That Pays Big Dividends

Every year the United States spends more than $1 trillion on infrastructure. And yet one of the most important structural elements is often underfunded and missing from the conversation happening in boardrooms, courtrooms, and the halls of government: human relationships in the form of mentorship.

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Denise Wittstock Denise Wittstock

The Power of Mentorship

“Mentorship is simple, it’s accessible, it’s connecting.” President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Artis Stevens, sits down with Josh Johnson to discuss the power of mentorship.

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Denise Wittstock Denise Wittstock

4 Key Tips to Enhance Child Safeguarding

Julie Novak, Chief Youth Safety Officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, reflects on the need for all youth-serving organizations (YSOs) – large or small - to act strategically and to act now to protect the safety and well-being of the young people they serve.

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